The iPhone as a platform

by Josh Staiger

January 09, 2007

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Tonight, every nerd I know is salivating over the iPhone.

Obviously people are orgasmic over the sexyness: the form-factor, the fluid touch-screen, the (for serious!) smart calling software, the media apps, and the internet connectivity.

But I think the real story here is we finally have a real platform for mobile application development, complete with real OS, real apis, and a real web browser capable of running real web applications - all delivered by a company that isn't going to fight us every step of the way.

And the sexyness ensures it's going to be very popular.

It almost sounds like the mobile platform we've been waiting for for the past ten years!

This is going to be big :)